Bruix Fusté, Albert (Date of defense: 2014-02-17)
This thesis focuses on the computational study of models for platinum catalysts supported on cerium oxide (CeO2) which are of technological relevance. In these catalysts, ceria is often found acting as ...
Aguiló Aguayo, Noemí (Date of defense: 2012-11-30)
Carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles have being researched heavily, since they present advantageous properties over other protective coatings such as polymer or silica. The carbon coating protects the ...
Heredia Pimienta, Carlos (Date of defense: 2023-03-31)
[eng] This thesis aims to study nonlocal Lagrangians with a finite and an infinite number of degrees of freedom. We obtain an extension of Noether's theorem and Noether's identities for such Lagrangians. ...
Català i Castro, Frederic (Date of defense: 2018-12-18)
Mechanics is the branch of physics that studies movement and force, and plays an evident role in life. The swimming dynamics of bacteria in search of nutrients, organelle transport by molecular motors ...
Aiguabella Font, Nuria (Date of defense: 2014-02-07)
The Pauson-Khand reaction (PKR) is, formally, a [2+2+1] cycloaddition involving an alkene, an alkyne and a carbon monoxide molecule, typically mediated or catalyzed by a cobalt (0) complex. The product ...
Vidal Antich, Carme (Date of defense: 2022-06-14)
Rapid population growth is leading to many environmental problems, among which a large waste generation should be highlighted. More than 40% of these wastes correspond to organic wastes that are mainly ...
Martín Matas, Guiomar (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)
Plants germinated in the dark under the soil surface, undergo skotomorphogenic development. Once they emerge from the soil surface perceive light for the first time. Then, seedlings switch from ...
Bausach Mercader, Marta (Date of defense: 2005-07-01)
The reactivity of Ca-based sorbents with acid gases (specifically SO2, HCl and NO2) at low temperature has been a subject of interest in the last decades, since it constitutes the fundamental reactive ...
Boglino, Anaïs (Date of defense: 2013-07-25)
Skeletal deformities and pigmentary disorders, occurring from the early larval stages, affect the external appearance of fish, downgrade the market value of the final product and reduce the intensive ...
Hidalgo Galiana, Amparo (Date of defense: 2014-12-19)
This thesis studies a group of aquatic beetles (Agabus brunneus complex) that present important differences in the size of their geographic ranges. This complex is composed by an insular species (A. ...